Exam 6: B: Learning

When the owner of the bakery gave Francine a tart for coming in and chatting, what type of reinforcer did she get?

If an employee of a company that conducts telephone surveys receives $1.00 for every three completed surveys he conducts, which schedule is he being paid on?

When does instinctive drift occur?

Which modification goal responds best to behaviour modification?

Which example of behaviours is NOT learned through classical conditioning?

The advertising industry often attempts to manipulate consumers so that they will have positive associations with a company's product. Which learning principles are typically applied for this purpose?

When Beth goes with her dad to the grocery store, she always asks him to buy chocolate ice cream. Approximately once a month he will purchase the ice cream. On what type of schedule is Beth's asking for chocolate ice cream being reinforced?

In an operant conditioning study, what is the device that creates a graphic record of an organism's response and reinforcement over time?

After responding at a steady rate for several minutes, a rat pauses and does not respond at all for a period of time. How would this pause be reflected in the cumulative record?

Ivan Pavlov and B. F. Skinner viewed conditioning as a purely mechanical process, but how do modern learning psychologists view conditioning?

If you wanted to teach your pet parakeet to give you a kiss on the cheek, which technique would be most effective?

In classical conditioning, what is a conditioned response?

Pat studies in order to get good grades and to receive praise. Kelly studies so that her mother will stop nagging her, and to avoid failing. What is the difference between Pat's and Kelly's behaviour?

The cats that escaped from Thorndike's puzzle boxes got faster at escaping over time, but the change was quite gradual. What did Thorndike interpret about this pattern of behaviour change?

When an organism that has learned a conditioned response also responds with the same response to a new stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus, what is that called?

Imagine a couple asking Albert Bandura for advice on how they should teach their young child to say "please" and "thank you." What would Bandura most likely suggest?

B. F. Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat responses that are followed by favourable consequences. What did Skinner call these favourable consequences?

What is the first step in a behaviour modification program?

Which unifying theme in psychology is reflected by the existence of biological constraints on learning, such as instinctive drift and conditioned taste aversions?

Which term refers to an unlearned reaction to a stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning?